SLR Lenses Reviews and Rankings

Best Canon Lenses

The SLR camera is the essential tool for the serious photographer and one of the reasons it creates high quality images is because it has the ability to use interchangeable lenses. Apart from the image sensor (which affe...

Best Nikon Lenses

Nikon is one of the world’s leading manufacturers of cameras and lenses. They have been in business for almost 100 years, thanks to superior craftsmanship in their products. Some Nikon lenses are also referred to a...

Best Nikon Zoom Lens

Winner: Nikon Nikkor 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G AF-S DX ED VR II Telephoto Zoom Lens
There are two types of lenses for SLR cameras; zooms and primes. Prime lenses are more compact and less complex in their construction when compared to...

Best Nikon Wide-angle Lens

Winner: Nikon 14-24mm f/2.8G ED AF-S Nikkor Wide Angle Zoom Lens
Typically a lens needs to have a focal length of less than 50mm in order to be considered a wide-angle. 50mm is considered normal because it closely...

Best Nikon Telephoto Lens

Winner: Nikon 70-300mm ED-IF AF-S VR Zoom Nikkor
Telephoto lenses provide a photographer with the opportunity to get a close up shot of a subject without needing the camera to be physically close to them....

Best Nikon Prime Lens

Winner: Nikon 50mm f/1.4D AF Lens
Camera lenses for SLR cameras are either zooms or primes. Zoom lenses feature the ability to change focal length, while prime lenses remain fixed. Prime...

Best Nikon Macro Lens

Winner: Nikon Telephoto AF Micro-Nikkor 105mm f/2.8G ED-IF AF-S VR Autofocus Lens
Macro photography is the extreme close up photography of very small subjects. Traditionally, in order for a photograph to be considered macro, the subject...

Best Nikon Fisheye Lens

Winner: Nikon 10.5mm f/2.8G ED AF DX Fisheye Nikkor Lens
The fisheye lens creates a distorted look unique to only itself. This ultra wide angle lens was originally developed for scientific purposes to study large...

Best Canon Zoom Lens

Winner: Canon Zoom Wide Angle-Telephoto EF 28-300mm f/3.5-5.6L IS USM Autofocus Lens
Camera lenses can be broken down into two classifications; primes and zooms. With a prime lens you only have one focal length while zooms provide the...

Best Canon Wide-angle Lens

Winner: Sigma Super Wide Angle 20mm f/1.8 EX Aspherical DG DF RF Autofocus Lens for Canon EOS
A wide-angle lens produces a considerably larger image circle than a normal (standard lens). This allows for the camera to “see” a wider area...

Best Canon Telephoto Lens

Winner: Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS USM Telephoto Zoom Lens
Telephoto lenses make it possible to get close up shots of a subject from extreme distances. For example, a sports photographer can't run onto a football...

Best Canon Prime Lens

Winner: Canon Wide Angle EF 35mm f/1.4L USM Autofocus Lens
There are two types of lenses at your disposal for SLR photographers; zooms and primes. Zoom lenses have a variable focal length that can be changed while...

Best Canon Macro Lens

Winner: Canon EF 100mm f/2.8L IS USM Macro Lens
Macro photography can be defined as close up photography where the subject on the finished photograph is either equal or greater than it's real life size....

Best Canon Fisheye Lens

Winner: Canon EF 8-15mm f/4L Fisheye Ultra-Wide Zoom Lens
The fisheye lens is an extreme wide-angle lens that creates a unique look by compressing a panoramic image into the camera’s frame. These lenses were...

Best Budget Nikon Zoom Lens

Winner: Nikon 18-105mm f/3.5-5.6 AF-S DX VR ED Nikkor Lens
Zoom lenses offer a ton of value because they contain a lot of focal lengths all housed within one lens, where as prime lenses only have one fixed focal...